Writing News

A listing of campus and community events of interest to MTSU writers.

"Dramaturging Gender": a conversation and workshop with Philadelphia dramaturg Heather Helinsky, moderated by playwright C. Kay "Andy" Landis. Monday, September 25, 4:30-6 pm at the Ingram Building: MT Center. Free and open
to the public.

Writers Corps Writing Workshop for Military Services Members, Spouses, and Family:
A group of military service members writing their stories, sharing their stories,
and helping each other tell them better. Monday, September 25, 5 pm in Peck Hall 304B.

Two poetry events at MTSU on September 29. First, a craft workshop: "Two Poets Not
Just Talking Poetry: Let's Get it Gen(re)" (with apologies to Al Green): Poets Heather Dobbins and Christian Anton Gerard will talk about incorporating fiction and nonfiction into poetry and how fiction and
nonfiction writers can use poetry in their work. This craft workshop is intended
for writers in all genres and will include both discussion and writing elements, so
bring a pen! Tom Jackson Building, 1:30 -3:00 pm. Second, a reading: Poets Heather
Dobbins and Christian Anton Gerard will read their work, answer questions, and sign
books (which will be available for purchase). Tom Jackson Building, 3:30-5 pm. Both
events are free and open to the public.

The MTSU Write Fall Creative Writing Conference will be held Saturday, September 30, 8:30-5:00 in the Student Union Building. This
event features master classes and hands-on workshops in a variety of creative writing
genres and a keynote by our own Fred Arroyo. The conference is discounted for MTSU
students and faculty.

The Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written Word will be held October 13-15 in Nashville. The Festival annually welcomes more than 200 authors from throughout the nation and
in every genre for readings, panel discussions and book signings. Book lovers have
the opportunity to hear from and meet some of America's foremost writers in fiction,
history, mystery, food, biography, travel, poetry and children's literature among
others. Free and open to the public. All seating is on a first-come basis. Visit their website for the complete schedule and locations.

SouthWORD, a literary feast, will feature readings and book signings. Highlights include the
Fellowship of Southern Writers Awards dinner featuring keynote speaker Wendell Berry,
a pig-versus-cow barbeque lunch featuring a keynote debate by John Shelton Reed and
Roy Blount, Jr., and panel discussions on topics ranging from literary villains to
Harper Lee. The conference will take place at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
on November 3-4, and student admission is $25.

Calls for Student Writing.

MTSU Creates, an ongoing project of the Sandbox student organization, needs a few brave souls
to be our first contributors. The website will feature projects by MTSU students,
staff, faculty, and organizations, with a launch scheduled for the beginning of the
Fall 2017 semester. Click here for submission info.

The Playwriting Symposium of the Mid-America Theatre Conference seeks submissions
of new, unproduced ten-minute plays by playwrights who wish to participate in our Dramatists Play Lab at the Hyatt Regency
Milwaukee: March 15-18, 2018. The selected plays will be rehearsed and presented as
staged readings during the Playwriting Symposium sessions. Each play will have an
assigned team of directors, dramaturgs, actors and possibly scenographers and stage
managers. A small number of additional plays will be selected for cold readings as
a part of our annual Fringe Festival. All selected playwrights must register for the
conference and are expected to attend rehearsals for their play and participate in
a post-reading discussion. Deadline for submissions: October 15.

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